# Data infrastructure > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Data_infrastructure > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Data_infrastructure.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_infrastructure > Source revision: 1354250075 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Digital infrastructure promoting data sharing}} A '''data infrastructure''' is a '''digital infrastructure''' promoting [data sharing](/source/data_sharing) and consumption. Similarly to other [infrastructures](/source/infrastructures), it is a structure needed for the operation of a society as well as the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function, the data economy in this case. == Background == There is an intense discussion at international level on [e-infrastructure](/source/e-infrastructure)s and data infrastructure serving scientific work. The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) presented the first European roadmap for large-scale Research Infrastructures.European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures. (2010). Strategy Report on Research Infrastructures. Publications Office of the European Union. https://ec.europa.eu/research/infrastructures/index_en.cfm?pg=esfri These are modeled as layered hardware and software systems which support sharing of a wide spectrum of resources, spanning from networks, storage, computing resources, and system-level middleware software, to structured information within collections, archives, and databases. The [e-Infrastructure Reflection Group](/source/e-Infrastructure_Reflection_Group) (e-IRG) has proposed a similar vision. In particular, it envisions e-Infrastructures where the principles of global collaboration and [shared resource](/source/shared_resource)s are intended to encompass the sharing needs of all research activities.e-Infrastructure Reflection Group. (2010). Blue Paper. E-IRG In the framework of the [Joint Information Systems Committee](/source/Jisc) (JISC) e-infrastructure programme, e-Infrastructures are defined in terms of integration of networks, grids, [data center](/source/data_center)s and [collaborative environment](/source/collaborative_software)s, and are intended to include supporting operation centers, service registries, credential delegation services, [certificate authorities](/source/certificate_authorities), training and [help desk](/source/help_desk) services.Joint Information Systems Committee. (2006). e-Infrastructure Briefing Paper. JISC The Cyberinfrastructure programme launched by the US [National Science Foundation](/source/National_Science_Foundation) (NSF) plans to develop new research environments in which advanced computational, collaborative, data acquisition and management services are made available to researchers connected through high-performance networks.{{cite web|publisher=Cyberinfrastructure Council|year=2007|title=Cyberinfrastructure Vision for the 21st Century Discovery|url=https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf0728/nsf0728.pdf|website=[National Science Foundation](/source/National_Science_Foundation)}} More recently, the vision for “global research data infrastructures” has been drawn by identifying a number of recommendations for developers of future research infrastructures.{{cite web|author=Thanos, C.|year=2011|title=Global Research Data Infrastructures: The GRDI2020 Vision|url=http://www.grdi2020.eu/Pages/SelectedDocument.aspx?id_documento=6bdc07fb-b21d-4b90-81d4-d909fdb96b87|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126131434/http://www.grdi2020.eu/Pages/SelectedDocument.aspx?id_documento=6bdc07fb-b21d-4b90-81d4-d909fdb96b87 |archive-date=2012-01-26 }} This vision document highlighted the open issues affecting data infrastructures development – both technical and organizational – and identified future research directions. Besides these initiatives targeting “generic” infrastructures, there are others oriented to specific domains, e.g. the [European Commission](/source/European_Commission) promotes the [INSPIRE](/source/List_of_European_Union_directives) initiative for an e-Infrastructure oriented to the sharing of content and service resources of European countries in the ambit of [geospatial data](/source/geospatial_data)sets.European Parliament, Council. (2007, 3 14). Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE). == Related Projects == * [D4Science](/source/D4Science)D4Science Website https://www.d4science.org/ * [OpenAIRE](/source/OpenAIRE)OpenAIRE Website https://www.openaire.eu/ * [https://www.eudat.eu/ EUDAT] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170603193445/http://www.grdi2020.eu/ GRDI2020 (Wayback Machine, Snapshot from June 3, 2017)] * [https://www.epos-eu.org/ EPOS] == See also == * [Data cooperative](/source/Data_cooperative) * [Hybrid Data Infrastructure](/source/Hybrid_Data_Infrastructure) * [Information Infrastructure](/source/Information_Infrastructure) * [Research Infrastructure](/source/Research_Infrastructure) * [Spatial Data Infrastructure](/source/Spatial_Data_Infrastructure) == References == {{reflist}} * [https://theodi.org/what-is-data-infrastructure What is data infrastructure?] {{data}} Category:Information systems Category:IT infrastructure Category:Data --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Data infrastructure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_infrastructure) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_infrastructure?action=history)). 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